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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24., 1905.

Application filed August 15, 1904. Serial No. 220,858.

To a whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN HUDsoN SPEAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Cash-Register, Change-Maker, Ohange-Deliverer, and Purchase-Oheck-Discharging Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined cashregister, change-maker, change-deliverer, and purchase-cl1eck-discharging machine.

The machine is what may be termed a mechanical cashier, and is adapted for use in connection with soda-fountains, ice-cream parlors, restaurants, and other places of business wherein the purchasing and the payment of the refreshments, articles, and the like from the attendant, waiter, or clerk is done by checks obtained from a cashier by the customer tendering cash in payment for the checks received when the customer enters the place of business. The machine, which is hereinafter more specifically referred to, acts as the cashier and receives the cash, automatically discharges the amount of change when necessary, automatically discharges the necessary purchase check or checks when the cash therefor is inserted in the machine, registers the total amount of cash received for the purchase-checks delivered, indicates the value of the purchase check or checks delivered at each operation of the machine, indicates the amount of cash inserted in the machine when it is desired to have a check or checks delivered, and detects and discharges any counterfeit coins inserted, so that the machine cannot be tampered with or beaten.

Primarily the invention aims to provide a machine of the character referred to with means controlled by the diameter of the coin inserted for delivering a purchase-check of the same value as the coin inserted or for delivering a purchase check or checks of the value desired and the difference in cash between the value of the coin inserted and the value of the purchase check or checks desired if the coin is of greater value than the purchase check or checks, said delivery of the cash change being simultaneous with the delivery of the purchase check or checks.

The invention further aims to construct a combined cash register, change maker,

change-deliverer, and purchase-check-discharging machine which shall be simple in construction, strong, durable, efficient in its use, and comparatively inexpensive to set up.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter specifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein like reference characters denote correspond ing parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view, partly broken away, of the machine. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the machine with the back of the inclosing casing therefor removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking toward one side of the machine. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 4 i of Fig. 1 and looking toward the opposite side of the machine. Fig. 5 is a transverse section looking from the front to the rear of the machine. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the coin and check holding tubes. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 8 is a sectional plan view of the combined check and coin ejecting mechanism. Fig. 9 is a sectional detail of the combined check and coiri ejecting mechanism. Fig. 10 is a sectional detail of another portion of the combined check and coin ejecting mechanism. Fig. 11 is a detail of the combined check and coin mechanism. Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the check and coin tubes, the coin-tubes being open. Fig. 12 is a perspective View of the front section of the dollar coin-tube. Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the operating mechanism for the combined check and coin ejecting mechanism. Fig. 1a is an elevation of the locking-plates for the key-levers, showing also the cams for operating the registering mechanism. Fig. 15 is a perspective view of the operating-levers for the locking-plates. Fig. 16 is a top plan view, partly in section, showing the shifting means for the operating mechanism for the combined check and coin ejecting mechanism and also showing the registeringmechanism. Fig. 17 is a diagrammatical view of the controlling mechanism for the registering mechanism and the shiftable regulating mechanism for the combined check and coin ejecting mechanism, said view also showing the arrangement of the key-levers with respect to said controlling and shifting mechanisms. Fig. 18 is an elevation of one of the vertically-operable rods carrying the indicating means for displaying the value of the check or checks delivered from the machine at each operation. Fig. 19 is an elevation of one of the lift-rods for the vertically-operable rods carrying an indicating means. Fig. 20 is a detail of a portion of the releasing mechanism for the vertically-movable indicator-rod. Fig. 21 is an elevation of the means for indicating the value of the cash inserted in the machine. Fig. 22 is a sectional detail of the releasing mechanism for the indicating-rods. Fig. 23 is a detailof the releasing mechanism for the indicator-rods. Fig. 24 is a perspective view of the operating means for the registering mechanism. Fig. 25 is a sectional view of a portion of the registering mechanism. Fig. 26 is a front view of the casing of the registering mechanism. Fig. 27 is a rear elevation of the cash receivingand separating mechanism. Fig. 28 is a perspective view of a portion of the cash receiving and separating mechanism. Fig. 29 is an elevation of the weighted follower. Fig. 30 is a detail view of the finger mechanism for operating the lockingmeohanism for certain key-levers; and Fig. 31 is a sectional elevation showing the arrangement of the mechanism for locking the machine when a coin-tube is empty, an indicating mechanism for indicating a nearly empty tube, and a chute device for filling the check and coin tubes. Figs. 32 and 33 are a front and side elevation, respectively, of a modified form of means for indicating the value of the cash inserted in the machine. Fig. 34 is a rear view of the cash receiving and separating mechanism, showing the detecting and deflecting mechanism; and Fig. 35 is a perspective View of the detecting mechanism, partly broken away.

The machine comprises what may be termed a cash receiving and separating mechanism, combined coin and cheek holding tubes, a combined check and coin ejecting mechanism, a shiftable operating mechanism for the combined check and coin ejecting mechanism, a shiftable regulating mechanism for the operating mechanism for the combined check and coin ejecting mechanism, a mechanism controlled by the diameter of the coin inserted in the machine for controlling the operation of the operating means for the check and coin ejecting mechanism, a registering mechanism, a locking mechanism for the key-levers, an indicating mechanism for indicating the value of the cash inserted in the machine, an indicating mechanism for indicating the value of the check or checks delivered at each operation of the machine, a detecting and deflecting mechanism for counterfeit coin, a compulsory complete-stroke mechanism for the key-levers, a locking device for the machine operated by the discharge of a counterfeit,

and an arresting means for the key-levers to prevent their return to normal position unless their stroke has been completed.

The machine also comprises various other details of construction in connection with the mechanisms just set forth to cause said mechanisms to operate in conjunction with each other or in the necessarymanner. The various mechanisms which go to make up the machine and as heretofore referred to will be described specifically under the various terms used for them.

The various mechanisms which constitute the machine are supported upon suitable standards to be hereinafter referred to and which are arranged in a closed casing. The latter is preferably constructed of detachable top, front, rear, and side plates. The side plates 1, and 2 are removably attached to the supporting-standards by any suitable hold fast devices. The rear plate 3, which may be of one piece or formed of a plurality of sections, is preferably connected in any suitable manner to the side plates 1 2. The front plate of the casing is formed of a plurality of sections a, 5, 6, 7, and 8. The section 6 of the front plate forms what may be termed a door to permit of access to the interior of the machine when occasion requires. Preferably it is employed to permit of replenishing the check-tubes (to be hereinafter referred to) and to also permit of removing the cash from the coin-tubes (to be hereinafter referred to) and to replenish the coin-tubes when occasion requires. Section 4: is secured to and between the side plates 1 and 2 at the bottom thereof. Section 5 is secured to the supporting-stamlards at the front thereof and between the side plates 1 2, and said section 4: is provided with a plurality of vertically-extending slots 9 to permit of the operation of the key-levers, (to be hereinafter referred to.) The section 6 is hinged to the section 7, as at 10, and said section 7 is secured to the side platesl 2. The section 7 is cut away, asat ll,to form an opening to permit of the entrance of a coin into the cash receiving and separating mechanism, (to be hereinafter referred to.) The opening-in the section7 is of such size as to permit of the operation of the operating-slide (to be hereinafter referred to) of the cash receiving and separating mechanism when a coin is inserted in the machine. The section 8 is secured to the top of the supportii'igstandards. The rear plate of the casing as well as the front plate of the casing are not as high as the side plates, and such construction permits of forming a compartment or chamber at the top of the machine to permit of reading the indicators, (to be hereinafter referred to.) The compartment at the top of the machine is formed in connection with the side plates 1 2 of the casing by the transparent top, front, and rear plates 12, 13, and let, respectively. These transparent plates are suitably secured in position through the medium of the top plates of the casing and side plates 1 2. The top plates 15 are secured upon the top edges of the side plates 1 2.

The section 6 of the front plate of the easing is provided with a lock 16, which when operated in one direction engages with the section 5 of the front plate, and consequently prevents the opening of the section 6. The lock 16 is provided with a suitable registering mechanism 17, so that said mechanism will indicate how often the lock has been operated when opening the machine. Any suitable form of lock or any suitable form of registering mechanism operated in conjunction with the lock may be employed.

The section 4: of the front plate is cut away, and to said cut-away portion is secured a receptacle 18, open at its front and top, and said receptacle 18 permits of the ingress and egress of the operators hand into the casing so as to open the coin and check receiving receptacle (to be hereinafter referred to) and receive the discharged check or checks and change, if any change is discharged with the check or checks.

The machine is operated through the medium of any one of a bank of key levers. The machine as shown comprises for its operating means a single bank of key-levers. The levers of the bank of key-levers consist of a releasing or change-giving lever (indicated by the reference character 18') and a five-cent, ten-cent, fifteen-cent, twenty-cent, twenty-five-cent, thirty-cent, thirty-five-cent, forty-cent, forty-five-cent and fifty-cent lever, which are indicated by the reference character 19; but it is evident that the number of keylevers which constitute the bank can be increased or diminished as occasion requires, or additional banks of key-levers used, and the machine altered in accordance with the num ber of key-levers employed. The key-levers and the shifting mechanism engaged thereby are best shown in Fig. 17. The key-levers project forwardly from the casing and through the slots 9 of the section 5 of the front plate, so that said key-levers can be engaged and operated. The key-levers are one of the two parts of the various mechanisms of the machine when set up that can be handled by a person, and it is essential that the key-levers should project from the casing, for the reason that said key-levers form the means for operating the machine. The other part of the machine which is accessible to the operator is the operating-slide for the cash receiving and separating mechanism.

All of the key-levers are fulcrumed upon a bar 20, secured to the supporting-standards 21. The key-levers extend rearwardly, and the rear portion thereof is of such length as to project through a slotted plate 22, Fig. 2, and said rear end of the key-levers which projects through said plate 22 is indicated by the 1 reference character 28. The slotted plate 22 5 is arranged at the rear of the machine and is secured, as at 24, to a rearwardly-extending support 25, carried by the supporting-standards 21.

The reference character 26 denotes a flat supporting-plate, (best shown in Fig. 8,) which is arranged near the front of the machine and adapted to support the registering mechanism, check and coin ejecting mechanism, and check and coin tubes. The plate 26 is slightly inclined upwardly in a forward direction, is secured to the standards 21, and cut away at its front, as indicated by the reference character 27. so as to permit of the discharge of the checks and coins from their tubes into the combined check and coin receiving receptacle, to be hereinafter referred to.

The machine is shown provided with a series of coin-tubes, which are adapted to contain dollars,half-dollars, quarters, nickels and dimes, and a series of check-tubes adapted to contain twenty-live-ccnt checks, five-cent checks, and ten-cent checks. The check-tubes are of much greater height than the cointubes and are arranged at the front thereof, and as many may be employed as is necessary.

The coin and check tubes are best shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 12. The coin-tube for the dollars is'constructed of two separate sections 28 and 28, semicylindrical in contour. the section 28 being the forward section, and the said sections of the dollar coin-tube are detachably connected together through the means of a bayonet-joint. (Indicated by the reference characters 28" and 28. Best shown in Figs. 12 and 12.) The section 28 of the dollar-tube is provided with a thumb-piece 28 to permit of disengaging the sections 28 and 28. The tube for the half-dollars is constructed of two sections 29 and 29. The section 29 is semicylindrical in contourthroughout, and the section 29 is semicylindrical in contour a portion of its length, and the lower portion thereof is cylindrical in contour, as at 29". The section 29 of the half-dollar tube is formed integral with the section 28 of the dollar-tube. The twenty-live-cent cointube is formed of two sections 30 and 30. The section 30 is semicylindrical in contour throughout and is formed integral with the section 29 of the half-dollar tube. The section 30 of the quarter cointube is semicylindrical in contour a portion of its length, and its lower end is formed cylindrical in contour, as indicated by the reference character 30. The section 30 is formed integral with the section 29 of the half-dollar tube. The nickel coin-tube is constructed of two sections 31 and 31', said section 31 being semicylindrical in contour throughout and formed integral with the section 30 of the twentyfive-cent coin-tube. The section 31 of the nickel-tube is semicylindrical in contour a portion of its length, and its lower end is formed cylindrical in contour, as indicated by the reference character 31". The section 31 of the nickel-tube is formed integral with the section 30 of the twenty-five-cent coin-tube. The dime coin-tube is formed of two sections 32 and 32, and said section 32 is semicylindrical in contour throughout and formed integral with the section 31 of the nickel-tube. The section 32 of the dime coin-tube is semicylindrical in contour a portion of its length, and its lower end is formed cylindrical in contour, as indicated by the reference character 32 The section 32 of the dime-tube is formed integral with the section 31 of the nickel cointube.

The dime check-tube is formed of two sections 33 and 33, the section 33 being the upper section and the section 33 the lower section. The section 33 is substantially cylindrical in contour and has its forward portion cut away in a vertical manner from end to end to form an opening, as at 33 to permit of the operation of a weight having a protuberance, said weight formingafollower which retains the checks against one another. As the same kind of followeris employed for each of the check-tubes, the specific construction thereof will be hereinafter referred to. The follower is shown in Fig. 29. The cutting away of the section 33 to form the opening 33 also permits of replenishing the dime check-tube in a convenient manner. The section 33 of the dime check-tube is formed integral with the outer face of the sections 31 and 32 of the nickel and dime coin-tubes. The section 33 of the dime check-tube is cylindrical in contour and is formed integral with the outer face of the cylindrical portions 31 and 32" of the nickel and dime coin-tubes. The section 33 of the dime check-tube has formed integral with its forward portion a depending guide 33 the function of which will be hereinafter referred to. This guide 33 is used in connection with what may be termed the upper check-ejector for the dime check-tube.

The nickel check-tube is formed of two sections 34 and 34, the section 34 being the upper section and 34 being the lower section. The section 34 is substantially cylindrical in contour and has its forward portion cut away in a vertical manner from end to end to form an opening, as at 34 to permit of the operation of the follower, to be hereinafter specifically referred to. The opening 34 also permits of replenishing the nickel check-tube in a convenient manner. The section 34 of the nickel check-tube is formed integral with the outer face of the sections 31 and 30 of the nickel and quarter coin-tubes. The section 34 of the nickel check-tube is cylindrical in contour and is formed integral with the outer face of the cylindrical portions 31 and 30 of the nickel and quarter coin-tubes.

The twenty-five-cent or quarter check-tube is formed of two sections 35 and 35. The section 35 is the upper section and the section 35 the lower section. The section 35 is substantially cylindrical in contour and has its forward portion cut away in a vertical manner from end to end to form an opening, as at 35 to permit of the operation of the follower to be hereinafter referred to. The opening 35" also permits of replenishing the quarter check-tube in a convenient manner. The section 35 of the quarter check-tube is formed integral with the outer face of the section 30 and 29 of the quarter and half-dollar cointuhes. The section 35 of the quarter checktube is cylindrical in contour and is formed integral with the outer face of the cylindrical portions 30 and 29 of the quarter and onehalf-dollar coin-tubes.

The cylindrical portion 29 of the half-dollar coin-tube is provided with a forwardly-extendingprojection36. 'llhecvlindrical portion 30" of the quarter coin-tube is provided with a forwardly-extending projection 37. The cylindrical portion 3l of the nickel coin-tube is provided with a forwardly-extending projection 38, and the cylindrical portion 32 of the dime coin-tube is provided with a for\\'ardl vextending projection 39. These projections 36, 37, 38, and 39 act as supports for the rear portion of the lower sections 35, 34, and 33' of the check-tubes. The section 35 rests upon the projections 36 and 37, the section 34 rests upon the projections 37 and 38, and the section 33 rests upon the projections 38 and 39.

It will be evident from the foregoing construction that the cointube sections 29, 30, 31, and 32 and the check-tube sections 33. 34, and 35 are an integral structure, and it will also be evident from the foregoing description that the coin-tube sections 28. 2t), 30,

31, and 32 and the check-tube sections 33, 34, and 35 are an inte ral structure. For

convenience in description the sections 29, 30, 31, and 32 will be termed the forward portion of the coin-tubes and the sections 28, 2f), 30, 31, and 32 will be termed the rear portion of the coin-tubes. The forward portion of the coin tubes is hinged to the rear portion of the coin-tubes. It may be stated that when the machine is set up the front portion of the coin-tubes is movable and the rear portion is stationary. The forward portion of the coin-tubes is hinged to the rear portion through the medium of a pair of eyes 40, integral with the section 32 of the dime cointube, and a pair of eyes 41, integral with the sections 32 and 32" of the dime coin-tube, and through the said two pairs of eyes is adapted to extend a vertically-extending rod 42, secured at its lower end into the plate 26, as at 43. The rod 42 carries near the top thereof a removable stop-collar 44. The rod 42 not only acts as a pivot to enable the swinging out of the forward portion of the coin-tubes so that access can be had to the rear portion of the coin-tubes, but also acts as a means for retaining one end of the rear portion of the coin-tubes stationary. The other end of the rear portion of the coin-tubes is retained stationary through the medium of a suitable holdfast device extending through one of the standards 21 and engaging in an opening 45, formed in the section 28 of the dollar coin-tube. The end just referred to of the rear portion of the coin-tubes is further retained fixedly in position through the medium of a rearwardly-extending apertured lug 46, carried by the section 28 of the dollar cointube and through which is adapted to extend a stationary pin 47, carried by the plate 26. (See Figs. 8 and 12.) The free end of the forward portion of the coin-tubes is removably connected to the rear portion of the cointubes through the medium of a depressible spring-latch 48, carried by the projection 36 and engaging with the lower portion of the section 29 when the forward portion of the coin-tubes is' closed against the rearward portion.

Between the dime and nickel coin-tubes, at the bottom thereof, is arranged a channel or groove 49 to permit of the operation of a portion of the check-ejecting mechanism for the dime-checks. Between the nickel and quarter coin-tubes, at the bottom thereof, is formed a channel or groove 50 to permit of the operation of a part of the check-ejecting mechanism for the nickel-checks, and between the quarter coin-tube and the half-dollar coin-tube is arranged a groove or channel 51 to permit of the operation of a portion of the checkejecting mechanism for the twenty-five-cent checks.

The combined check and coin ejecting mechanism (best shown in Figs. 5, 8, 9, 10, and 11) comprises an ejector for the half-dollar's, an ejector for the quarters, an ejector for the nickels, two ejectors for the dimes, an ejector for the quarter-checks, an ejector for the nickel-checks, and two ejectors for the dimechecks, the ejectors for the coins and checks operating in conjunction when occasion requires. The ejector for the half-dollars is in the form of a flat slide, which is indicated by the reference character 52 and has its forward edge curvilinear in contour, as at 53. The slide 52 on its upper face, at one side near the rear end thereof, is provided with an upwardlyextending lug 5 and on its lower face, approximately centrally thereof, with a downwardly-extending lug 55. The slide 52 is mounted upon the plate 26, and the lug 55 extends through a slot in the plate 26. The forward wall of the slot limits the forward movement of the slide, and the rear wall of the slot limits the rearward movement of the slide. The ejector for the quarters is in the form of a flat slide (indicated by the reference character 56) and has its forward edge curvilinear in contour, as at 57. The slide 56 is mounted upon the plate 26 and on its upper face, at one side at the rear thereof, is provided with an upwardly-extending lug 58. The slide 56 on its lower face, approximately centrally thereof, is provided with a downwardly-extending lug 59, which extends through a slot in the plate 26, the forward wall of the slot in the plate 26 limiting the forward movement of the slide 56 and the rear wall of the slot limiting the rearward movement of the slide 56. The ejector for the nickels or fivecent pieces is in the form of a flat slide, (indicated by the reference character 60,) and which has its forward edge formed in a curvilinear manner, as at 61, and its upper face, at one rear corner thereof, provided with an upwardly-extendin g lug 62, carrying an inverted upwardly-extending Lshaped arm 63, the function of said arm being hereinafter referred to. The slide 60 is mounted upon the plate 26 and has its lower face provided with a downwardly-extending lug 64, extending through a slot in the plate 26. The forward 'wall of the slot in the plate 26 limits the forward move ment of the slide 60, and the rear wall of the slot in the plate 26 limits the rearward movement of the slide 60. Two ejectors are provided for the dimes and which are indicated by the reference characters 66. The ejector 66 is mounted upon the ejector 65, and said lower ejector 65 is in the form of a slide and has its forward edge formed in a curvilinear manner, as at 67, and at the rear corner of one side of its upper face is provided with an upwardly-extending lug 68. The ejector 65 is mounted upon the plate 26 and has its lower face provided with a depending lug 69, extending through a slot in the plate 26. The forward wall of the slot in the plate 26 limits the forward movement of the slide 65, and the rear wall of the slot in the plate 26 limits the rearward movement of the slide 65. The upper dime-ejector 66 is in the form of a slide and has its forward end provided with a circular opening 70, the wall of which is adapted to surround the coin in the tube, so that when the slide 66 is operated forwardly it will eject the dime. The slide 66 at its rear end on its upper face is provided with an upwardly-extending lug 71 and on its lower face with a downwardly-extending lug 72, which extends through a slot in the plate 26, so that the forward and rearward movement of the slide 66 will be limited by the forward and rear wall of the slot.

The ejector for the quarter-checks is arranged upon the plate 26 between the slides 52 and 56 and in close proximity to one side of the slide 56 and consists of a sliding bar 73, having its rear end provided with an upwardly-extending lug 7a, which is in alinement with the lug 58 of the slide 56, and said bar 73 has its forward end provided with an upwardly extending projection 75. The ejector for the quarter-checks operates in the TIO groove or channel 51, Fig. 7. The ejector for the nickel or five-cent checks is arranged. between the slides 56 and 60 and in close proximity to one side of the slide 60 and consists of an elongated bar 76, having its rear end provided with an upwardly-extending lug 77, and said lug 77 has the horizontally-extending portion of the L-shaped arm 63 of the lug 62 overlapping it. The function of such an arrangement is to permit of the ejector 60 for the nickels and the ejector for the nickelcheclzs to be operated simultaneously when occasion requires. The forward end of the bar 76 of the nickel-check ejectors is provided with an upwardly-extending projection 79, and said nickel -check ejector is adapted to operate through the channel 50, Fig. 7. One of the dime-check ejectors is arranged at one side of the slide 60 and consists of an elongated bar 80, having its rear end provided with an upwardly-extending lug 81 and its forward end with an upwardly-extending projection 82, having a shouldered extension 83, adapted to engage in an opening 84 in adime-check discharger 85. Said dime-check discharger 85 is supported in the guide 33, Fig. 12, and has a rearwardly-extending guide-arm 86, which extends between the sections 31 and 32 of the nickel and dime coin-tubes, a suitable opening 87 being provided for such purpose. The dimecheck discharger 85 is provided with a circular opening 88, the wall of which is adapted to surround the dime-check in the check-tube The dime-check discharger 85 forms a part of the uppermost one of the two dime-check ejectors and is operated in a manner as hereinafter described when it is necessary to discharge two dime-checks simultaneously. hen it is only required to discharge one dime-check, then the lower one of the dimecheck ejectors is operated. The bar 80 of the ejecting portion of the dime-check ejector just described operates through the channel 49, Fig. 7. The dime-check ejector, which is provided with the separate dime-check discharger, is best shown in Figs. 10 and 11. The other dime-check ejector consists of a bar 89 of zigzag form and has its rear end pro vided with an upwardly-extending lug 90, having a recess 91. The ejector 89 has a portion of its length operating in the channel 4C9, Fig. 7, and that portion is arranged along the side of the bar 80 of the other dime-check ejector. The forward end of theejector 89 is provided with an upwardly-extending projection 91. Each of the check-ejectors is provided with a downwardly-extending lug 92, operating through a slot thereforin the plate 26, so that the forward and rear movements of the ejectors will be arrested by the forward and rear wall of the slots.

The lug 54 of the slide 52 is not as great in heightas thelugs 58, 62, 68, and 71 of the other coin-ejectors. The lug 62 of the slide 60 is the highest of any of the lugs for the coinejectors, and the lug 58 of the slide 56 is not as high as the lugs 68 and 71 of the slides (55 and 66. Makingthe various lugs of the coinejectors of different size enables, when occasion requires, the operating mechanism for the coin-ejectors to ride over certain of the said lugs and not operate the slides of the lugs over which the operating mechanism rides. In connection with the checlr-ejectors in this particular the lug 74L is not as high as the lug 77 and the lugs 81 and 90 are higher than the lug 7el, but not as high as the lug 77. The arrangement of the lugs for the check-ejectorls is for the same purpose as that set forth for the lugs of the coin-ejectors.

The recess 91 of the lug 90 is ei'nployed to permit of the forward movement of a part of the operating mechanism for the cjectors without said part engaging the projection 90. The horizontally-extending portion of the L-shaped arm 63, carried by the lug ('32 of the slide 60, also permits of a part of the operating means for the ejectors engaging with the lug 77 of the check-ejector, so as to operate the nickel-check ejector without operating the nickel-coin ejector.

The shiftable operating mechanism for the combined coin and check ejectors comprises three rearwardly-extending forwardly-operable supporting-arms 93, 91, and 95, connected together by a ,transversely-exteniling bar 96. The forward ends of the bars 93, 9i, and 95 are loosely mounted upon the bar 29. on which the key-levers are fulcrunied, and the bar 96 rests upon the key-levers at the rear of the bar 20. By such an arrai'igement when the key-levers are operated the bar 96 is moved therewith, thereby elevating in a forward direction the arms 93, 91, and 95. The arms 93 and 95 extend rearwardly past the bar 96, and the reason for such extension will be hereinafter referred to. The arms 91 and 95 are adapted to operate the operating means for the coin and check ejectors, so that the checks and coins will be discharged from the machine, and for this purpose the arms 91 and 95 are provided with an upwardly-extending protuberance 97, carryii'ig a plate 98, having an inclined upper edge 99. The man ner in which the plates 98 engage with certain parts of the check and coin ejecting mechair ism, so that the checks and coins will be discharged from the machine, will be hereinafter referred to. The means which engages the various ejectors, so as to move them forwardly, thereby discharging the checks and coins, consists of a series of depending lingers in the form of vertically-extcnding bars. For ejecting the dimes and dime-checks a pair of fingers are employed and are designated by the reference characters 100 and 101. The finger 100 at its lower end is bent forwardly at right angles, as at 102, or, in other words, the finger 100 is substantially L-shaped. The

finger 100 is ada )ted to en a e the lu 71 of v t) 23 r:

the ejector 66 and the lug of one of the dime-check ejectors, or, in other words, the finger is adapted to engage and operate the upper dime-ejector and what may be termed the lower dime-check ejector. The finger 101 is adapted to engage the lug 68 of the lower dime-ejector 65 and the lug 81 of the dime-check ejector 80, or, in other words, the finger 101 is adapted to engage and operate the lower dime-ejector and what may be termed the upper dimecheck ejector. For operating the ejectors for the nickels and nickel-checks a single finger is employed and which is designated by the reference character 102, and said finger 102 has its lower end bent forwardly at right-angles, as at 103, or, in other words, the finger 102 is substantially lL-shaped. The finger 102 is adapted to engage the lug 62 or the L-shaped arm 63 of the slide 60 and the lug 77 of the ejector 76, or, in other words, the finger 102' is adapted to engage and operate simultaneously or separately the nickel and nickel-check ejectors. For operating the ejectors for the quarters and quarter-checks a single finger is employed, which is designated by the reference character 104. Said finger 104 is adapted to engage separately with the lug 58 of the slide 56 and operates said slide or with the lug 74 of the sliding bar 73 and operates said bar. For operating the ejector for the half-dollars a single finger is employed and is designated by the reference character 105. The finger 105 is adapted to engage with the lug 54 to operate the slide 52.

The fingers 100, 101, 102, 104, and 105 are pivotally supported upon a bar 106 at their upper ends, and said upper ends of said fingers are spaced apart through the medium of the collars 107. The bar 106 is connected by a pair of rearwardly-extending arms 108 and 109 to a rock-shaft 110, which is loosely sup ported in the standards 21.

The fingers 101, 104, and 105 are arranged in advance of the fingers 100 and 102, and for this purpose a combined spacing and carrying plate 111 is provided. The plate 111 is suspended through the medium of a pair of arms 112, loosely mounted upon a bar 113, fixed in the standards 21. The fingers 100, 101, 102, 104, and 105 extend through the plate 111, and for this purpose the plate is provided with the openings 114 for the fingers 100, 101,102, and 104 and an opening 115 for the finger 105. The openings 114 in the plate 111 are of such size as to enable the shifting transversely in the manner hereinafter described of the fingers 100, 101, 102, and 104; but as the finger 105 is not shifted it is not necessary to have an enlarged opening therefor. It may be well to state that the spacing-collars 107 are of such length as to permit of the shifting of the fingers 100, 101, 102, and 104. To the arms 112, which suspend the plate 111, is secured, at the rear thereof, a rod 116, which is bent forwardly at each end, as at 117, and then in the direction of the length of the rod, as at 118. That portion of the rod indicated by the reference character 118 is adapted to be engaged by the plates 99, so that when the arms 94 and 95 are elevated and moved in a forward direction the rod 116 will carry the plate 111 therewith, which in turn will carry the fingers 100,101, 102, 104, and 105 in a forward direction, and the fingers will engage with certain coin and check ejectors and discharge the necessary checks and coins from the machine as occasion requires. The fingers and the plate 111 are returned to their normal or inoperative position through the medium of a spring 119, secured to one end of the rod 116 and to a suitable portion of the back part of the machine.

The fingers 100, 101,102, 1.04, and 105 are transversely shiftable and vertically adjustable. The shifting of the fingers is to cause them to be positioned at the back of the ejectors lugs which are intended to be operated, and the vertical adjusting of the fingers is for the purpose of causing the fingers to pass over the ejectors lugs which are not to be operated.

The shiftable regulating mechanism for the fingers is operated by the key-levers and is best shown in Figs. 16 and 17 and consists of a plurality of combs, (designated by the reference characters 120, 121, 122, and 123,) and these combs are arranged at the rear of the operating mechanism for the ejectors and are supported at each end in the arms 125, extending inwardly from the standards 21.

The tines of the comb 120 are indicated by the reference character 126, and the lower portion of these tines is beveled, as at 127. The tines 126 of the comb 120 are adapted to be engaged by the thirty-cent, thirty-fivecent, forty-cent, forty-five-cent, and fifty-cent key-levers, so that when one of these keylevers is operated its respective tine will be operated and the comb 120 shifted, thereby shifting the linger 104, and for the purpose of shifting the finger 104a forwardly-projecting yoke 128 is carried by the comb 120, and said yoke 128 engages at its outer end the finger 104. The tines of the comb 121 are indicated by the reference character 129, and they have their lower portions beveled, as at 130. The tines 129 are adapted to be operated by any of the key-levers for registering twenty cents, twenty-live cents, forty-five cents, and fifty cents, so that when one of the said keylevers is operated its respective tine will be engaged and the comb 121 shifted, which will cause the shifting of the linger 101, and for this purpose the comb 121 is provided with a forwardly-extending yoke 131, which engages at its outer end the finger 101. The tines of the comb 122 are indicated by the reference character 132, and they have their lower por- 

